The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-10-27
The Taking of Testimony Be
gun Yesterday.
TIE SHOOTING OF FLAHERTY.
Bad Whisky, Bad Blood and Bad
Crowd Appear to Have Been
the Causes.

| Flaherty, deceased, committed at Silver
City, Tintic, on the 7th day of thi:
October, was begun in the District Court
at Provo, yesterday.
David Evans, Esq.,, assistant United
States district attorney, made the open
| ing statement. 49,. -.
The case opened up yesterday morn
ing, the jury beir 6 )mpleted and sworn
DR. F. Il. SIMMONS was the first called
as a witness.
An order was made excluding all
witnesses from the room, and the jury
are kept together, ell through the case,
under charge of Bailiffs Best and Ben
nett. all the witnesses we're called and
sworn before being excluded.
DR.. SIMHoNs-Resided at Provo; ply
stefan and surgeon; was in Tintic dis
trict two weeks ago last Sunday at
Eureka;
MADE AN EXAMINATION
OF the body of Flaherty at that time; was
called into the Knights of Labor hal :;
there was pistol o gun shot woun i
starting in over the nose between the
eyebrows; its exit was at the back of
the head; was powder burned around
the entrance of bullet hole; face was
discolored; inserted my finger IN the
wound. That was all the examination
l made.
To defense-The' ben went through
practically on a level line.
II. G. SANTEMIEE (night-foreman of
the Mammoth mlne)-Resided at
'Springvilie; was residing at Mammoth
Hollow (TIntic) on the 7th of this
month; was acquainted with Mike
FIaherty, Leech, Domaine, and the
defendant Either: was on top of the
works about 10 O'Clock the night of 7th ;
the occupants of the cabin were John
Leech, Either aud James Donahue;
went to the cabin about 10 o'clock; saw
Leech standing on the floor, he told me
what was done; L passed into the other
room; Flaherty was lying on the bed ;
hue; was near the west end of the bunk
of the cabin; his forehead was
POWDER BURNED
where the bullet had passed in; there
were in the cabin, myself, Diamond,
Leech, Donahue and Flaherty; Donahue
was apparently asleep on the bed;
Leech was standing on the floor talk
ing; was under the influence of liquor;
seemingly knew what he was talking
about; 1 walked off and told him to
shut his mouth. as did not want to
hear anything about it; found no
weapon IN the room,
To deiense-Flaherty ideceased) lay
partly on the foot of the bunk, his legs
crossed and hanging on the floor;
Donahue 'ay near the head of Inc bed
apparently asleep; Diamond vas there
when l first went in; the body was in
the west room; Diamond and Leech were
in the east room together; I met Joseph
Blanchard and David Phillips on my
way to the cabin.
Re-diTeCt-L sent notice 10 Diamond
and be went 10 the cabin ahead of me
and Phillips went for the officers.
JOHN r. SULLIyAN-LiVfd at Eureka
am constable for Tintic precinct,
which includes Mammoth Hollow: vas
called TO go 10 Mammoth Hollow sle
night of the 7th. e. Y. Tone, justice
OF the peace. west with me and others
We got there about midnighr; went to a
cabin there; went in and found in the
drst room Nike Mansfield he Invited me
up to rake drink with aim; o man by
shs name Of Cannon vas there; WAS
shen shown into the room where the
dec Asels lay; saw deceased OF :Ge 30, e.
OF the BUNK. also saw Domaine;
r0Ised aim up and said. Hello! goa
look ike soma body had been
TAKING 4 oHor At YOU"
his lace was powder burned; there va.
quite a pool of bI0od near deceased s.
head: l lid nothing with toe body; |
only felt the a.,le in tae back 0f his |
head; Ts saw 40 weapons; made al |
examination ca TIE 18th. for weapons
six days later; saw a0Ce the night III |
the 7th; the next morning we had q |
coTonar's inquest.
To defense-W hen l aroused bona
hue he said,
MAY BE VOC THINK I Amt,
n reply TO the question. You look like
some one had taken shot at YOU III
vas rational remark, apparently; the
punk was about two feet high, three
md half feet wide and about six feet
ong. There was bottle of whisky on u
IheIf in the east room: they (Leech and
,thers) asked me 10 drink
THOMAS DIAMOND - Knew Nike
Elaherty; l was at work .son the nigh1
hift of the Mammoth mine On the 7th:
vas called cut OF lhe mine at about 10I,
,'eIock; went TO the cabin, and found
hree men there; one was dead; theI
hree men Were Lescn, D0Eahue and
deceased Leech had a candle in his
land 1 saw tlah srty lying on the bunk
BLOOD oozING OUT or his FOREHEAD, |.
nd at the head of the bed, curied up,
vas Donahue, bullet hole close by his
lead in the wall and his face burned !
nth powder; remained there unts
be officers came and took charge Of the
ody, Il
Gross examined-Mansie worked in
be mine that day; Santamire reach Il
be CABIN upout fifteen minutes after | 6
id; the deceased lay with his head Oh
is right arm, MS LETT leg crossed over 1
he right. and his knee against the doof,
aiiing over the foot of the bunk; thej
0dy was net moved while | was there;
.eech went out about twenty minutes Q